Current News
ChemNutra Owners Plead Guilty in Pet Food Scandal
The owners of ChemNutra Inc. (Las Vegas) pleaded guilty in June to charges related to their roles in distributing melamine-tainted ingredients used to make pet food—which led to the nationwide pet food recall in 2007 and the widespread illness and deaths of cats and dogs throughout the United States... 
FDA Halts Evanger’s Shipping
Evanger’s Dog & Cat Food Co. Inc. (Wheeling, Ill.) said a “misunderstanding regarding paperwork” led the U.S. Food and Drug Administration to revoke its temporary emergency permit in June and stop interstate shipment of its pet food...
Two Groups Stick Up for Spot-Ons
The Companion Animal Parasite Council and the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals have joined the chatter about the potential dangers of spot-on flea/tick treatments—and they contend that the products are generally safe when used according to labeling instructions...
Coastal Promotes Bubble Banks to Help Charities
Coastal Pet Products Inc. (Alliance, Ohio) is offering specially designed banks to help independent pet dealers raise money for local animal shelters and charities—and will donate a portion of proceeds from the sale of the banks to one of its own favorite causes...
Scamp’s Pet Centers Shuts Its Doors
Scamp’s Pet Centers, an independent pet store chain headquartered in Portland, Ore., closed all six of its stores in June, according to Michael Twain, who owns part of the company...
Congress Debates Credit Card Fees
Federal legislation introduced in June would let retailers negotiate with banks to reduce fees that banks charge merchants every time a credit card is used to pay for a transaction...
More States Regulate Dog Breeding
Oregon and Tennessee in June joined Washington state in establishing regulations on dog breeding—including a cap on the number of unsterilized animals that breeders are allowed to keep...
Florida Stores Face Lawsuits
A south Florida pet store facing a pending lawsuit alleging it sells sick puppies filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy protection in June and shuttered its doors...
The four incumbent officers of the Florida Tropical Fish Farms Association Inc. (Winter Haven, Fla.) were re-elected at the general membership meeting, according to David Boozer, executive director...
Fish in the Classroom Program Moves Forward
The Pet Care Trust’s Fish in the Classroom Program recently completed another round of teacher training in conjunction with the Florida Aquarium in Tampa, meeting its goal of training 25 teachers in Florida’s Pinellas and Hillsborough counties during the 2008-2009 school year...
Sue Busch Memorial Awards Announced
Ten veterinary technology students were chosen to receive 2009 Sue J. Busch Memorial Awards, administered by the Pet Care Trust (Washington), for devoting significant time and energy to improving the health of companion animals...
GPS Sales Up, Report Says
GPS devices led the pack of fastest-growing product categories among affluent spenders, according to Unity Marketing (Stevens, Pa.), a group that tracks purchases of the nation’s top spenders. Between 2007 and 2008, sales of GPS devices among that group increased 74.5 percent...
Study Says Breed Bans Don’t Pay Off
Breed discriminatory legislation is extremely costly and tends to exhaust the already-limited resources of animal control programs, says a new economic study...
Lauren Composite Helps Tackle Illiteracy
Lauren Composite (New Philadelphia, Ohio), the parent company of Nurtured Pets, recently partnered with the 2nd & 7 Foundation to help instill the joy of reading in children...
Food Safety Grants Awarded
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration, enhancing its food and feed protection initiatives, awarded three one-year Food Safety and Security Monitoring grants totaling $1 million to the states of Arkansas, Nebraska and Wisconsin. The funds support cooperative agreements designed to create a national integrated food safety system through enhanced federal and state collaboration in food emergency response activities...
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